…compilation of tutorials
I presented embroidered orange peels before and even an oil lamp from orange peels but I find a whole box from orange peels box from orange peels great, too!
I really must give it a try one day ;-)
Links:
Orange Peel Boxes By Regina Nunes
Orange Peel Boxes
Here at unikatissima:
Embellished Oranges
Oil Lamp From Orange
I presented an air-drying clay that was called cold porcelaine before, here is another, similar cold porcelaine recipe.
I have absolutely to try it!
Links:
Cold Porcelaine (How to Make Cold Porcelain)
Here at unikatissima:
Cold Porcelaine
I wanted to present the gummy bear bracelet for a long time already and now I managed to do it ;-)
However I didn’t make it yet because I still want to lose weight and I’m afraid that they could ‘disappear’ before I can varnish them ;-))
But it works similarly to the gummi candy lamp that I haven’t made yet for the same reason ;-))
Links:
Gummy Bear Bracelet
Here at unikatissima:
Gummi Candy Lamp
Now comes the time where it gets (hopefully) warm.
You sometimes need a cooling then and I find the ice jewelry perfect for this: ice cube stars with ‘pickled’ petals.
They could be used as earrings, too!?
Brrr! ;-)
Links:
Ice Jewelry (cool jewels)
Up until now I saw eggshell mosaics mostly at ‘kids crafts’, but now I found sites with wonderful (jewelry) pieces.
I already gathered my material, the actual execution is on my list ;-)
Links:
Short description (What are they? Why eggshells? How are they made?)
Mini Movie
Jewelry
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes, z.B.
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
(you must absolutely click them and look at the larger photos!)
Google search result for ‘Eggshell Mosaics’
Google image search result for ‘Eggshell Mosaics’
This time it’s no ‘real’ instruction but an inspiration: Embellished Grapefruits Embellished Grapefruits. (Click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods Two Pods.)
Because I’m always impatient I preferred to use a piece from an orange – grapefruits are so big ;-)
While working I had a lot of fun.
I like the embroidery of orange peels nearly as much as embroidery on paper. The most uncommon thing I had to do was to give my needle a wash ;-))
After the embroidery I put the orange peel between several layers of tissue paper in an old telephon book and let it dry ‘flat’.
Actually I had hoped that I can coat it with medium gel afterwards and wear as a pendant, but I don’t really like the ‘flat version’ of my orange peel.
I find worst that the threads now stand up now like croquet wickets, I really don’t like this.
At the next opportunity I will see if I can make it better.
If it works I will perhaps embroider beads on, that should be interesting, perhaps Paisleys or simply Freeform.
Links:
Grapefruit – click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
Grapefruit – click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods
Embroidery stitch descriptions (English)
Embroidery stitch descriptions (German)
Here at unikatissima:
Paper Crazy Quilt
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
With the recipe for cold porcelaine you can mix an air-drying clay with which you can make jewelry, beads and similar things.
I find air-drying a big advantage against fimo and similar polymer clays which have to be baked. I always need a good ventilation for the baking which I find hard to realize with cold weather.
And you can put the jewelry or the beads i.e. into the advent calendar boxes :)
Links:
Cold Porcelaine
Cold Porcelaine (Porcelaine froide) (French)
Here at unikatissima:
Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘fimo’
Entries with the tag ‘polymerclay’
Entries with the tag ‘jewelry’
Entries with the tag ‘beads’